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Yeah, man, despite that sold-out run at the Beacon, that showing of ACL seems to have really caused some internal problems to come to the fore. The first news was "Looks like fatherhood has made derek decide he has to hang up his hat with the ABB. He feels his job is complete as he has help reestablish the allmans since Dickey was fired. He will not play the recently announced theater tours and Jimmy Herring will replace him. He is sorry to have to leave but he hopes to tour with his and his wifes band later this year. Derek is quoted as saying that being a father is more important then playing slide guitar 265 nights a year." WOW! Hard to argue with fatherhood-vs.-slide-guitar, when you think about it! Turns out that wasn't all because later in the day, it came to light that "Actually, I heard that Gregg was quitting to devote more time to his newfound love of Gospel/rap hybrids and that what brought this on was seeing the Austin City Limits show and becoming depressed by all the posts on the GBs and listserv praising Brother Dickey....A source close to the band quoted him as saying "I have become fed up with all the infighting and bad vibes in the ABB family and just want to play music that praises Jesus and MC Hammer." Makes sense when you think about it, don't it? I was sitting there reading this, jaw dropped, wondering who I knew that could confirm this -- I mean, I trust Lana and all, but probably if Gregg and Derek left the band on the same day, she'd be pretty unlikely to know about it. Makes sense when you think about it. I mean, just look at what's happening in the world right now and you'll see my point. So, I spent the afternoon in a daze, finally staggering in, brain feverish after obsessively listening all afternoon to disc 3 of 9-4-98 for CLUES, man, C-L-U-U-U-U-U-UES only to find THIS: "I heard warren left the band today too. It seems that Greg's refusal to let the band play any sabbath covers has sent warren into a tailspin, causing a total format change in Mule's playing. From now on, the fiercest Death Metal band in the land, Gov't Mule, will amping up some slayer, pantera, anthrax, and old school metallica tunes at a place near you." You want a confirmation that Derek's still in the band from him? We need a CONFERENCE CALL, Lana! And NOW! Because I heard that after seeing ACL, Marc and Jaimoe have decided to get those matching shaved-on-the-sides, braids-rainin'-down-from-the-pate hairstyles again and tour with up-and-coming Charlotte NC salsa-metal cowboys from Peru, Peralta. Jaimoe was quoted as saying, "You play traps, man? You got some traps, man? Then get outta here." So, to recap: Derek, stay at home Dad; Gregg rap-gospel; Warren death-metal; Jaimoe and Marc salsa-metal. Quote of the day: 'I wonder how long it'll be before this appears on the newsgroups as "the gospel truth" ' (If the writers I quoted want attribution, I'll come back and insert it later tonight.)